Fluid-dispensing apparatus



C. W. KINCAID. FLUID DISPENSING APPARATUS.

' APPLICATION'FILED NOV, 11, I918. 1,305,289.,

Patented June 3, 1919:

wn/ ATTORNEY t niest era CHARLES W. KINCAID, O F DALLAS, TEXAS,

MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WEST CORPORATION or MASSACHUSETTS.

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ASSIGNOB T0 GILBERT & BARKER SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS,

FLUID-DISPENSING APPARATUS.

Application filed November 11, 1918. Serial No. 261,984.

To all whom. it may cm'ir'cr'n Be it known that 1, Guns. W. Kixlzun acitizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county ofDallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in l luid-Dispensing Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification. I

My invention has relation to an improve ment in oil or similar fluiddispensing apparatus, and in such connection it relates moreparticularly to a device for receiving the drip from the dispensingfaucet and comlucting the same to the reservoir.

In apparatus for dispensing oil or suitable fluids from a faucet beneathwhich a receiving vessel is placed and withdrawn considerable loss andinconvenience has arisen due to the fact that after the faucet is shutoff and the vessel withdrawn, the drip from the faucet falls to theground onto the exterior of the fluid reservoir. It is true that carefulemployees minimize this loss by permitting the receiving vessel toremain under the faucet until the drip has ceased. But this necessitatesloss of time in dispensing the iiuid and does not wholly take care ofbelated dripping from the faucet. If in an attempt to cure this defect,the reservoir is provided with a drip cup leading directly to theinterior of the reservoir, such cup must of necessity be directly underand quite some distance below the faucet and of enlarged area to catchthe drip. Such a drip cup permits entrance of dirt or grit to thereservoir when the cup is not covered by the receiving vessel.

The main objectof my invention is to provide a means for catching thedrip, which means is normally automatically maintained directly underthe faucet and incloses the discharge outlet or spout of said faucet,but can be swung away from said spout when the receiving vessel isplaced under the spout, the drip catching means swinging back to normalposition as the receiving vessel is removed.

In the preferred embodiment of my inventioma stand pipe is erected onthe reservoir adjacent to the dispensing pipe, and is arranged-tosupport a drip pipe telescoping in the stand pipe and carrying a branchor arm so curved or shaped as. to fit directly under the discharge spoutof the faucet on support the drip I away to form pipe 6.

the dispensing pipe. The drip pipe is provided with means preferably twopins '00- acting with the top'of the stand pipe to pipe in the standpipe and to normally swing the drip pipe with its branch normally underthe faucet.

The branch or arm is cut away to receive and inelose the faucet spout.The top of the stand pipe is provided with cam like slots to receive thepins of the drip pipe, said pins riding by gravity down in sa'i slots toswing the pipetoward the faucet.

The nature and scope of my invention will. be more fully understood fromthe fol lowing description, taken in connection with the acconmanyingdrawings forming part hereof, in -which-- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof an oil dispensing apparatus provided with'a drip receiving meansembodying the main features of my invention. 7 Fig. 2 is a detail viewenlarged of the stand pipe and drip pipe and of the means for supportingthe drip pipe on and within 'the stand pipe.

Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of Fig. 2, and v Fig. 4: is a detail of theupper end of the drip pipe.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the fluid reservoir, 2 thedispensing pipe, 3 the dispensing faucet and at themeasuring device, allof well known construction and arrangement. The pipe 2 and itsaccessories are supported on a plate 5 at the top of the reservoir andthis plate 5 is tapped to receive a stand pipe 6.

The top edge or rim of the pipe 6 is cut slots 7. The stand pipe 6 istraversed by a drip pipe 8 telescoping in pipe 6 and extending somedistance below the same into reservoir 1. The drip pipe 8 has twodiametrically oppositely disposed pins or lugs 9 each arranged to ridein a slot 7 of stand slotted rim of pipe'ti and the pins flof pipe 2%are so arranged as to coact in forcing the pipe 8 as it rides up or downin the pipe 6. The drip pipe 8 is provided with a branch 10 terminatingin an upwardly extended portion 11. This vnd portion of branch 10 is cutaway as at 12 to slide past and surround the discharge orifice 13 offaucet 3. The cutawayportion two oppositely disposed cam when the z thefaucet.

"t0 the r swung toward the faucet so that its out-away upper endincloses the discharge orifice 13 of said faucet. "When, however, areeeiving vessel is pushed under said faucet the pipe 8 and its branehare foreeclnwey from the faucet, returning, however, under gravityvessel or can is withdrmvn from The pins 9 maybe covered withantifricizion washers or even rollers if desired to insure "freemovementof the pins in the cam slots. Various modifications inarrangement and donstruction of this swing joint may he ree iily devisedWithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fdescrihed the nature and ob ects of my invention, what Iclaim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Incombination "with a reservoir and a dispensing faucet, a means forcatching the drip from the faucet and conveying the drip rvoir, saidmeans supported to gravity under the faucet to inswing by close the sameWhen receiving Vessel is Withdrawn from the in set.

2. A drip coliecting attachment for fl dispensing appe'etus comprising astand pipe located near the dis-pen zing feiieet, a drip pipe mounted to31g on the upper rim of the stand pipe, said drip pipe tei in the standpipe, and a branch e: from the drip pipe and constituting it (11receiving cup, combined with means on drip pipe coasting: with. means onthe up; rim of the stand pipe whereby the drip wipe and brunch are swungby gravity heneeth the faucet, when the faueet is not in use.

3. In a device of the character described a stand pipe, two(linn'ietricziily opposite cam slots out into the upper rim of the ndpipe, a drip pipe extending thro ugh the stand pipe, and pins on thedrip pipe arranged to ride in the cam slots of the stand pipe, said pinsand cam slots constitutin a means for supporting the drip pipeend torswinging the on the stand pipe.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES W. KINLLAID.

